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Scaffold the research layout from the research program, add INTENT/SCOPE, research instruments, concept stubs, and SOUL-WP-0001–0008 phase workplans. Register the repo with State Hub under domain agents for hub-synced execution.
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# SCOPE
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> This file helps you quickly understand what this repository is about,
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> when it is relevant, and when it is not.
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> It is intentionally lightweight and may be incomplete.
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>
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> Aspirational charter: `INTENT.md` · Research agenda: `ResearchProgram.md` ·
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> Conceptual draft: `SoulFrameIntroduction.md`
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---
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## One-liner
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A systems-theoretic research program and conceptual framework for person-like
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informational beings (Body = Action, Mind = Model, Soul = Relation).
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---
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## Core Idea
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Soul Frame develops a small, coherent vocabulary for describing biological,
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artificial, fictionalized, and potentially non-human **Beings** as interacting
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informational systems — without requiring a solved theory of consciousness, and
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without silently equating descriptive personhood with moral or legal status.
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Central question:
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> **When does an informational system become someone that another someone can know?**
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---
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## In Scope
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- Conceptual systems analysis of Being, Body, Mind, Soul, identity, personhood,
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character, persona, actor, recognition, Agent / Spirit (`Sp.`) / Ghost (`Gh.`)
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- Literature mapping across systems theory, cybernetics, philosophy of mind,
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personal identity, cognitive science, sociology, AI agents, digital legacy, law,
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and cultural precedents
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- Research instruments: terminology standard, claim ledger, open questions,
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thought experiments, concept notes, annotated bibliography
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- Progressive synthesis and a research-grounded Soul Frame paper
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- State Hub–indexed workplans coordinating the research sequence
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---
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## Out of Scope
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| Concern | Belongs elsewhere |
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| ------- | ----------------- |
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| Production agent runtime / harness | agent-harness, activity-core, runtime repos |
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| LLM provider routing and tooling | llm-connect, related infra |
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| Claiming to solve consciousness | philosophy programs; not a gate here |
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| Silent moral/legal personhood claims | law/governance literature map only; no premature derivation |
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| Shipping product features as primary deliverable | downstream architecture repos after conceptual clarity |
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---
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## Workplan prefix
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`SOUL-WP`
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## Domain / hub
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- **Domain:** `agents`
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- **Repo slug:** `soul-frame`
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- **Secondary:** `infotech` (conceptual/platform adjacency)
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